This curated collection presents an opportunity to showcase French Historical Studies articles that treat questions of race and incarceration in French his

This curated collection presents an opportunity to showcase French Historical Studies articles that treat questions of race and incarceration in French his

Alice Conklin in conversation with Dan Sherman about his book Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940

We live in dangerous times. This is a sentence that I hoped never to have to write. It is neither a cliché nor a reference to history. The danger is immedi

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Sophie Heywood and Julie Fette discuss their two new books on publishing, children's access to reading, conceptions of childhood, and more.

With this curated issue, I invite us to consider how questions of gender have shaped the rich and growing historiography on Muslims, France, citizenship, e

Submission Guidelines | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press Submission Guidelines CALL FOR PAPERS “Children and Childhood in the French-Speaking World” What other histor...

Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U

Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U

Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U

By Alyssa Sepinwall Historians of France sometimes refer to recent work on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery in France as part of a new “colonial” or “Haitian turn” in the field. However, US-b…

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On 4 March 2024, the legislators of the French Fifth Republic made history by expanding article 34 of the French constitution to state that “the law determ